Reading Time: 3 minutes If you toss and turn at night you are not alone. Up to 40 per cent of Canadians say they have problems sleeping. Other numbers bear this out. Lack of sleep contributes to 500,000 automobile accidents each year, and many industrial accidents (including farm accidents) involve sleepiness. Shift work, travel across time zones, stressful times […] Read more
When Sleep Doesn’t Come
REFLECTIONS – for Oct. 18, 2011
Reading Time: 2 minutes He ought to smarten up and do the right thing& She should change her ways& You must stop doing that. Words like ought, should and must creep into our conversation. The real questions are: Who knows what is right and what is wrong? Who decides? Are there universal standards of behaviour? Who sets the limits? […] Read more
The Thin Blue Line
Reading Time: 3 minutes I was sitting in the Kingbird Caf minding my own business when I noticed two stone-faced young men sitting in the booth by the front door, wearing ill-fitting suits and dark glasses. Before I could open my mouth, Bob Pargeter spoke quietly. The chicken police, he said, reaching past me for the ketchup bottle. They […] Read more
More Than Price
Reading Time: 4 minutes ale and his son Jeff were on their way to town to fix the dishwasher in Dale s father s condo when Dale casually asked the question that brought things to a head. So, do you want to haul that canola into the terminal later this week or do you want me to look after […] Read more
REFLECTIONS – for Sep. 20, 2011
Reading Time: 2 minutes The caller begins I have something to tell you& Not expecting bad news, I hesitate to ask. We had a hailstorm and the airport got pounded. Your airplane was damaged. I had flown my airplane to Lloydminster, Alta. for an inspection. The next day hail the size of ping pong balls hit. The caller says […] Read more
Incontinence — Nothing To Ignore
Reading Time: 3 minutes At one time, people merely coped with incontinence. Today, however, there are medications and therapies that can help, and you shouldn t be embarrassed about seeking assistance. Nor should you feel alone. More than three million Canadians are affected by incontinence. In fact, if you believe the various television and magazine advertisements it may seem […] Read more
A Relief (Milk) Pitcher
Reading Time: 3 minutes MMis complaining that there is no work to be had in the present distressed state of the economy. I sympathize with the young people today but I suggested to Lofty that he think about inventing a job for himself. How would you do that? he asked. I explained to him that apart from being a […] Read more
“It’s Not For Me”
Reading Time: 4 minutes Not even Dale Hanson’s father could remember a spring as wet as 2011, and Ed was the second-oldest regular for coffee at Wongs Café every Thursday. “The northeast quarter’s still under at least a foot of water,” Ed said. “This was the wrong year to buy that new combine.” Ed kept talking while Dale’s wife […] Read more
REFLECTIONS – for Sep. 1, 2011
Reading Time: 2 minutes “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Shakespeare’s words from his play “Romeo and Juliet,” written in 1596, express the dilemma of two young lovers. Romeo and Juliet love one another, but there is a serious barrier to their relationship. Their two families are […] Read more
Hangover Misery
Reading Time: 3 minutes Three-quarters of people who consume alcohol have experienced at least one hangover in their lifetime, or so the estimates say. But here is something that is much more certain. While it is true that there are any number of “cures,” including folk remedies, that are supposed to alleviate hangover symptoms, prevention is your best bet. […] Read more
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